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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA)

Nasdaq: CENTA · Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods · Walnut Creek, CA · filing with the SEC since 1996
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

361 patents granted to the 24 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Central Garden & Pet Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
361
207 utility, 154 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
14
Against 8 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
153
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
24
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Other special machines13
Basic materials chemistry3
Food chemistry3
Surface technology, coating2
Machine tools2
Pharmaceuticals1
Computer technology1
Other consumer goods1
Medical technology1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name24 counted
T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
140 granted
41 published
Central Garden & Pet Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
82 granted
17 published
FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
40 granted
8 published
Farnam Companies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
30 granted
6 published
Wellmark International a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN)
18 granted
9 published
T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
22 published
FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
16 published
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
13 published
All-Glass Aquarium Company, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 granted
0 published
Pets International, Ltd. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
3 published
Arden Companies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
7 granted
3 published
Kaytee Products Incorporated a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
1 published
IMS TRADING, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
6 published
New England Pottery Co., Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
1 published
IMS TRADING, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
NexGen Turf Research a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
NexGen Turf Research, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Gulfstream Home & Garden, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Livingston Seed, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
A. E. McKenzie Co. Ltd. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Arden Companies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Farnam Companies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
TDBBS, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Wellmark International a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (5)
Interpet Limited
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
Matson, LLC
Counted on the file of Matson, Inc., whose own name it is. 5 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Interpet Limited
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Matson, LLC
Counted on the file of Matson, Inc., whose own name it is. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
K&H Manufacturing, LLC
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 18, 2025D1,102,569Filter holsterCentral Garden & Pet Company
Nov 18, 2025D1,102,550Filter holsterCentral Garden & Pet Company
Oct 21, 202512,446,550Spherical toyOther special machinesT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Aug 19, 202512,389,879Insect dispensing deviceOther special machinesCentral Garden & Pet Company
Aug 5, 202512,377,559Hair trimmer and deshedder for petsMachine toolsFOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
Jul 29, 2025D1,086,604Pet toyT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Jul 15, 202512,356,963Pet chew article containing luffaFood chemistryT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
May 13, 2025D1,075,186Pet toyT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
May 13, 2025D1,075,185Pet toyT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
May 13, 2025D1,075,184Pet toyT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 30, 20252025/0331528PET TREAT HAVING REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ODORFood chemistryTDBBS, LLC
Jun 19, 20252025/0194772ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMEROther special machinesFOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
Apr 10, 20252025/0113802INSECT DISPENSING DEVICEOther special machinesCENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY · patent 12,389,879 granted from it
Mar 27, 20252025/0098628PET TRAINING PADOther special machinesFOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
Nov 7, 20242024/0365968PET ACCESSORY APPARATUS WITH LOCKABLE BI-STABLE SPRINGOther consumer goodsFOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
Oct 31, 20242024/0357998SPHERICAL TOYOther special machinesT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC. · patent 12,446,550 granted from it
Sep 26, 20242024/0315419COMBING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USEOther consumer goodsFOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
Aug 8, 20242024/0260543SEPARABLE CHEW TOY HAVING AN INTERNAL CAVITY ACCESSIBLE VIA A CLUTCH MECHANISMOther special machinesT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC. · patent 12,256,714 granted from it
Jun 27, 20242024/0206500PET CHEW ARTICLEFood chemistryIMS TRADING, LLC
May 2, 20242024/0138374INTERACTIVE PET TOYOther special machinesT.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other special machines 7 · Food chemistry 2 · Other consumer goods 2.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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